Bow Wow’s mom was homeless at 15. Years later, she helped
Bow Wow’s mom was homeless at 15. Years later, she helped guide her son’s rise to fame. 
Teresa Caldwell recalled walking the streets with her clothes in a trash bag, unsure where she would go. She met her sister’s friend on a city bus, and the woman gave her a place to stay.
Teresa later raised Shad Moss, better known as Bow Wow, and managed his career from the beginning.
She said she never wanted her child to experience what she had endured.
In her memoir, I Once Was Her, she shared parts of her life that even her son hadn’t fully known.
In 2003, Bow Wow paid tribute to her with “To My Mama,” featuring Amerie, on his album Unleashed
